Big Pun

I was on an underground hip hop blog and left little comments about some of the golden-era hip hop artists/albums listed. It inspired me to write about some of them on my blog. I thought I would write about one of the greatest of all-time, Big Pun.

Capital Punishment is one of the best examples of a classic album to not get 5-mics from The Source. The album is so strong that Punish Me is considered by most as its weakest cut. Even then, is the song really that weak compared to the music that has been released since?


I remember reading about Pun and the question has he ever delivered a weak 16 stuck with me.

A young co-worker brought up Pun during a conversation among a few of us. He was tripping on Pun's verse on Twinz (Deep Cover '98). He was amazed at Pun's lyricism years after it was recorded and his death. I was tripping at his reaction because I, like most my age and anyone aware of that and other Pun classics, was there when he was tearing up mics and Capital Punishment made that summer all the more hotter. He made me remember the wonder of hearing Pun's murderous flow. It goes to show that at no matter what age you are, you can always be amazed by Pun's Capital Punishment.

I miss those days of hip hop and Pun.



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The Suite Delight - April 8 2014 Playlist:

1. Big L - Put It On feat. Kid Capri
2. Common - Resurrection
3. O.C. - Time's Up
4. Big Pun - Super Lyrical feat. Black Thought
5. 2Pac - Ambitionz of a Ridah
6. Jay-Z - This Can't Be Life feat. Scarface
7. Gang Starr - Just To Get A Rep
8. Nice & Smooth - Early To Rise
9. The Beatnuts - Off The Books
10. Cypress Hill - Hits From The Bong
11. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Mecca & The Soul Brother
12. Black Moon - I Got Cha Opin
13. Smif-N-Wessun - Bucktown
14. Nas - The World Is Yours (Remix)

The Suite Delight - April 1 Playlist:

1. James Last - Inner City Blues 
2. Scrimshire - All I Do feat. Stac
3. Aloe Blacc & The Grand Scheme - The Dark End Of The Street 
4. Greenwood Rhythm Coalition - Guajira '78 (Colman Bros. Remix)
5. Omar - Ghana Emotion (Una Mas Trio Remix)
6. Bob Marley & The Wailers – Get Up, Stand Up (Thievery Corporation Remix)
7. Mo Kolours - Bomptious (Shafiq Husayn Remix)
8. Fashawn – The Ecology
9. Jazz Spastiks - Move (Remix) feat. Apani B Fly
10. Moka Only - More Soup feat. MF Doom
11. Fat Joe - John Blaze Ft. Nas, Big Pun, Jadakiss & Raekwon
12. Jadakiss - Why (Remix) feat. Styles P, Common, Nas & Anthony Hamilton 
13. Naughty By Nature ‎– Guard Your Grill (Smooth Mix)
14. EPMD - Total Kaos
15. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Robes feat. Earl Sweatshirt & Domo Genesis